Electric rat-trap.



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. -AnoLr' MoRAwsKi, "oF TARIFFVILLE, CONNECTICUT. c

c ELECTRIC RAT-TRAP.

To all whom t may concern:

, a subject of the Czar o-f Russia, residing at l'.larifi'ville, in the county .of Hartford and `State of Connecticut, have invented certain new andr useful Improvementslin Electric RatfTraps, of which the following is a speci- Y ication, reference being had therein yto the accompanying drawing.

`.This invention relates to an electric ratv trap, and the objects of my linvention are to provide a trap that can be advantargeously used in warehouses and large buildings forcatching rats and other rodents, and to furnish a trap with positive and reliable means, in a mannery as will be hereinafter set forth, for exterminating the rats,

. as they are caught, by electricity.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a rat ytrap which will house the bodies of the rats,y and to provide a trap l of the above type that can be safely handled land manufactured at a comparatively small cost.

I attain the above objects by a mechanical construction that will be hereinafter specifiycally described and'then claimed, `and reference will now be had to t-he drawing', wherein Figure 1 is a vertical ylongitudinal sectional view of the trap, Fig. 2 is an end view of the same partly broken away and partly in section, and Fig. 3 is a detailed view of a ycommutator and brush adapted Lto form part of the trap. f l

A. trap in accordance with this invention consists of a casing in vwhich islocated a gang-plank leading to a trap-door and the trap-door is adapted to deposit a ratupon a rotary conveyer, ythe conveyer being charged with electricity to exterminate the.

` life of a rodent immediately upon contacting with the same. From the conveyer the rodents ybody is deposited in the bottom yof the casing and can beeasily removed. v

The casing comprises a bottom 1, a front wall 2, a rear wall 3, and side walls 4 and y5. The side walls 4 and 5 are of a greatery height than the front and rear walls and are provided with forward extensions 67 these extensions having the upper edges thereof connected by a lroof plate 7 that is bent downwardly and curved in proximity to the upper edge of the rear wall 3 to form a cylinder 8, the end of said plate `terminatingat a point in the upper part of the cas-k rSpecification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed April 6, 1912. y Serial No. 689,022.

Patented 1560.111912.'

` y f ing; The lower edges of the extensions 6A Be ltknown that I, ADoLF Monxwsxr,

are connected by va bottom plate'9 and this y y bottom.k plate sup'portsia gangway 10 between the extensions 6, said gangway 'extending from the `forward redge of the bot-- '.Theupper edge of the 8isipro-` i vided with ,a barrel 12for a pin 13 that extends through the walls 4 and 5 of the Cas-` i ing. -Mounted upon the pin within the'casing are the barrels 14 of a trap door 15, said door extending inproximity to the rear wall of the casing. The outer endsk of the pins k13 are provided ywith weighted arms 16 for normallyfmaintaining the trap door 15 in a `horizontal position. To attract a rodent on to thetrap door 15, the roofplate 7 abovey said trap door has 'a` depending baitgholder 17 for a bait 18. p The bottomof the cylinder 8 has an opening 19 normally closed by a curved drop door 20 and this door is mountedy similar to the door 15, that is, with weighted arms 21 normally supporting `the door in a' closed position.

The side walls 4 and 5 of the casing are provided vwith diametrically opposed bosses 22 and journaled in said bosses is a tubular shaft 23. l rality of radially disposed blades 24. Ar ranged upon each blade is a plate of insulation and contact bars 26 and 27, these bars havinglateral extensions 28 alternately arranged in parallelism. Mounted upon the outer ends of the tubular shaft 23 are disks 29 made of wood or'other insulation and mounted upon said disks are rings30. Contacting with the rings 30 are brushes 31 carried by brush holders 32 secured to the outer f sides of the walls 4 and 5. The casing is provided with a false bottom r33 and located upon the bottom plate 1 beneath` the false bottom 33 are battery cells 34. These batteryV cells are connected byv wires 35 and36 to the brushes 31 andthe rings 30 are connected by wires 37 and 38 to the Contact bars 26 and 27 kof the rotary con veyer. The side wall 5 has an opening 39 ing. The Contact bars 26 and 27 and the eX- Carried by the shaft 23 is a `pluy ioo y labove the false bottom 33 adaptedto be tensions thereof are normally charged with electricity and when t-he extensions 28 of said bars are connected by the body of a rat falling above the rotary co-nveyer the rats body immediately completes a circuit and is electrocuted. The weightof the body causes the conveyer to revolve and the drop door 20 discharges the body into the lower part of the casing. rlhe drop door 2O immediately closes and prevents another rat from detecting the presence of the dead rats body in the lower part of the casing.

What I claim is In a trap, a casing having a cylindrical portion, a rotatable conveyer mounted in said cylindrical portionand having radially disposed blades, a trap-door in said cylindrical portion above the conveyer, a gang way in said casing and leading to said trap-door, a source of electrical energy, contact bars carried by saidl conveyer blades and arranged in groups so connected as to be of opposite polarity, the groups being insulated from each other, and means for connecting the contact bars to said source of electrical energy, the electrocuted rodent discharging through said cylindrical portion below the conveyer.-

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ADOLF MORAVSKI. Witnesses JOSEPH GOLDIN, M. FINKELSTEIN.

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